George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81

"The King of Broken Hearts" just broke many more.

10:44 AM,
Apr. 26, 2013

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Gannett Tennessee

Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, a master of sad country ballads whose voice held the bracing power, the sweetness and the burn of an evening's final pull from a bourbon bottle, has died after an illness that hospitalized him since April 18.

He was 81, and was often called the greatest male vocalist in country music history.

"He is the spirit of country music, plain and simple," wrote country scholar Nick Tosches. ...